Gui Editor suggestion - put the name of a property and its value on seperate lines
by Orion Elenzil · in Torque 3D Professional · 10/12/2009 (3:33 pm) · 3 replies
the properties-editing area of the GuiEditor is pretty darned cramped.
i think the idea solution would be to make it a resizable window all its own,
ideally outside the entire Torque window, but within the torque gui system is necessary.
short of that, how about changing it so that the name of a property and it's value are on two lines instead of crammed into one ?
ie, change this:
cramped:
i think the idea solution would be to make it a resizable window all its own,
ideally outside the entire Torque window, but within the torque gui system is necessary.
short of that, how about changing it so that the name of a property and it's value are on two lines instead of crammed into one ?
ie, change this:
+---------+---------+ | Profile | "ofile" | +---------+---------+to this:
+-------------------+ | Profile | +-------------------+ | DefaultGuiProfile | +-------------------+
cramped:
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#2
10/12/2009 (3:58 pm)
but right now you can't actually see the property values. 
#3
True, for smaller resolutions, having this as an option would definitely help. I've actually never run into this problem. When maximizing the window, I usually find there's plenty of room to spare--especially due to the rather small design-time sizes) so that if the properties aren't entirely visible at the default sidebar size, dragging it out is no problem.
10/12/2009 (4:07 pm)
True, for smaller resolutions, having this as an option would definitely help. I've actually never run into this problem. When maximizing the window, I usually find there's plenty of room to spare--especially due to the rather small design-time sizes) so that if the properties aren't entirely visible at the default sidebar size, dragging it out is no problem.
Associate Rene Damm
Completely agree that a more flexible pane setup would be a big improvement. A VS-like docking system would be ideal.
However, I don't think that breaking up the property editor such that each property takes two lines would be a good idea. IMO screen height is always a lot more precious than screen width--especially now that widescreen formats are becoming the norm.
So, you would end up scrolling a lot. Plus the tabular form that is currently used is pretty standard nowadays for property editors and probably what most users expect.